Bino Steve
Well-known member
Hi friends. Here is my final installment of the world's binoculars brands list. I believe this represents 99.9% of companies that make a serious attempt marketing that brand with sales, service and support. Are there new brands popping up as rebrands, rehashed, with a new paint scheme, yes, but I'm not interested. My interest probably stopped with half the brands on this list. Enjoy as use as you wish. Add, take away, whatever. I learned a lot compiling it and I hope you did too. Cheers.
Athlon 18
APM 66
Barska 57
Barr & Stroud 25
Blaser 4
Bosma 54 approx
Burris 5
Bresser, Alpen 31
Bushnell 72
Canon 10
Carson 38
Celestron around 40
DDoptics 33
Ecotone 10 (Poland-100% made by Kamakura )
Eschenbach 33
Fujinon 26
GPO 22
Hawke 28
Helios 43 - U.K. store brand.
Hinode- 4 - Japan (has China Factory)
Kahles ( owned by Swarovski) 7
Kamakura Koki -12 - mainly a giant OEM
Kenko Tokina 40. (Took over Minolta service and perhaps old Minolta designs?)
Kite Optics- Belgium 35
Komz. 23
Konus - 42 approx - some may be body covering difference only
Kowa 27
Leica 42
Leupold 23
Levenhuk 52
Maven 22
Meade 8
Meopta 17
Minox 19
Nikon 54
Noblex ( formerly Docter) 3
Oberwerk 24
Olympus 8
Opticron 51
Optolyth - unknown, may be closed
Orion 16
Pentax 40
Praktika. 13
PZO 1
Seeadler Optik 23
Sig Sauer 10
Steiner 35
Sunagor 9.
Svbony 14
Swarovski 22
Tasco 22
Tract 5
Vanguard 28. Woman owned family biz
Visionary 64. Optical Hardware U.K.store brand
Vixen 34
Vortex 34
Yukon Advanced Optics- (Belarus) -appears to be 10, based on a review site. Company website not functioning.
Zeiss 24
Zhumell 10
Zomz. 8 plus or minus a few
Zrak 1 - Bosnia / Herzigovina company
TOTAL UNIQUE MODELS 1,475
Athlon 18
APM 66
Barska 57
Barr & Stroud 25
Blaser 4
Bosma 54 approx
Burris 5
Bresser, Alpen 31
Bushnell 72
Canon 10
Carson 38
Celestron around 40
DDoptics 33
Ecotone 10 (Poland-100% made by Kamakura )
Eschenbach 33
Fujinon 26
GPO 22
Hawke 28
Helios 43 - U.K. store brand.
Hinode- 4 - Japan (has China Factory)
Kahles ( owned by Swarovski) 7
Kamakura Koki -12 - mainly a giant OEM
Kenko Tokina 40. (Took over Minolta service and perhaps old Minolta designs?)
Kite Optics- Belgium 35
Komz. 23
Konus - 42 approx - some may be body covering difference only
Kowa 27
Leica 42
Leupold 23
Levenhuk 52
Maven 22
Meade 8
Meopta 17
Minox 19
Nikon 54
Noblex ( formerly Docter) 3
Oberwerk 24
Olympus 8
Opticron 51
Optolyth - unknown, may be closed
Orion 16
Pentax 40
Praktika. 13
PZO 1
Seeadler Optik 23
Sig Sauer 10
Steiner 35
Sunagor 9.
Svbony 14
Swarovski 22
Tasco 22
Tract 5
Vanguard 28. Woman owned family biz
Visionary 64. Optical Hardware U.K.store brand
Vixen 34
Vortex 34
Yukon Advanced Optics- (Belarus) -appears to be 10, based on a review site. Company website not functioning.
Zeiss 24
Zhumell 10
Zomz. 8 plus or minus a few
Zrak 1 - Bosnia / Herzigovina company
TOTAL UNIQUE MODELS 1,475
